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For the musical genre, see Pop music. "Popular song" redirects here. For other uses, see Popular Song (disambiguation). Popular music Timeline of musical events 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s 1870s 1860s 1850s 1840s 1830s 1820s 1810s 1800s 1790s 1780s 1770s 1760s 1750s 1740s 1730s 1720s 1710s 1700s 1690s 1680s 1670s 1660s 1650s 1640s 1630s 1620s 1610s 1600s 1590s 1580s 1570s 1560s 1550s 1540s 1530s 1520s 1510s 1500s 1490s Early history List of popular music genres v t e Popular music is music with wide appeal [1] [2] [3] that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training. [1] It stands in contrast to both art music [4] [5] [6] and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording in...